"Is this really sothing you made?" Chu Weiwei was skeptical as she took a piece of cookie and put it in her mouth. Instantly, the crisp and sweet flavor filled her mouth, and she closed her eyes in satisfaction.
"Of course it’s real, why would I lie to you? Also, try this while it’s still cool." Ye Qiu took out a tiramisu from a box.
"I’ll have a taste too." Elder Chen took a small piece, and then also smiled joyfully.
Emperor Jiang was sowhat restless as he watched Weiwei enjoying the sweets. He wondered if they tasted as good as they seed, regretting why he had said he was on a diet the day before. A poor strategy indeed.
Sister Hong held the freshly signed contract, a bit dazed. Could it be so simple that her artist Ye Qiu had just secured a role from the grand Director Chen?
She decided that upon returning, she must urge Ye Qiu not to lose her temper for any reason this ti. Perhaps she should even force Ye Qiu to undergo so training to rescue her unappealing acting skills.
"Relax." Ye Qiu waved her hand dismissively after returning ho, "Uncle Chen told to read the novel a couple more tis, then just do as he says once I’m on set."
"But you have to promise not to be wilful this ti." Sister Hong felt like she was experiencing both heaven and hell. She was happy that Ye Qiu had gotten such a great role yet feared she might lose her temper and make things worse. If Ye Qiu offended Elder Chen, Emperor Jiang, and Chu Weiwei this ti, even with the boss’s great capability, Ye Qiu might end up starring only in small romance dramas produced by their own company.
As Ye Qiu revisited the novel, she also thought about recent drama productions by Old Man Ye’s company. Since there was money to shoot those outdated romance dramas, why not buy a couple of novel rights to shoot? At least the plotlines in these novels were much more interesting.
Audience preferences nowadays were different; they no longer liked drama series with skewed moral values and excessively tragic plots. Everyone enjoyed light, sweet dramas. Such scripts must certainly be plentiful in novels suitable for adaptation into TV series.
Even if they couldn’t make it to the stars, airing them on websites could also earn quite a bit of money. The more Ye Qiu thought about it, the more plausible the idea seed, so she personally called Old Man Ye.
"Adapt novels? Shoot web dramas?" Ye Jian Country nodded after listening to his daughter’s suggestion, "The company was indeed considering this recently, just unsure how to select novels for adaptation. As for those highly popular ones, either the rights are too expensive or have been purchased by other companies, so we’re quite troubled!"
"Let introduce a few to you; I’ve read several innovative yet not highly popular ones, they should be affordable. Dad, you might want to look into them first."
Ye Qiu was just offering a suggestion, but Ye Jian Country blindly trusted her: "My good baby’s suggestions are definitely right. Send the nas of the novels, and I’ll have soone start negotiations right away."
"Dad, you trust that much?" Ye Qiu felt both touched and resigned.
Ye Jian Country naturally replied: "If I don’t trust my good baby, then whom do I trust? Are there any roles in these novels you’d like to take on? Dad can reserve them for you."
There was indeed a character in one of the books that Ye Qiu really liked, and she agreed without hesitation: "Alright, thanks, Dad."
After sending the nas of several decent novels to Old Man Ye, Ye Qiu started to reread the novel "Immortal Palace" again.
The setting of the novel was a simple world of immortals and demons, where immortals and demons have always been enemies. The male protagonist played by Jiang Yao is the Immortal Monarch of the Immortal Realm, and the female lead, played by Chu Weiwei, is the Immortal Monarch’s little disciple.
Unbeknownst to him, this little disciple also possesses a demon identity, leading to a fallout between master and disciple in the end.
Such a lodramatic storyline, but, sculpted carefully by the author, it touched the hearts of readers deeply and was highly sought after.
The role Ye Qiu was to take on was that of the Immortal Monarch’s sister, Qionghua Fairy, a very proud figure of Nine Heavens Mysterious Woman.
This Qionghua Fairy, blessed with good birth and remarkable talents, was extrely proud by nature, which made her indifferent even to Guang Si Immortal, her own older brother.
But beneath her proud and indifferent exterior, she deeply loved her own brother, which led her to use every trick in her book to try to eliminate his favorite disciple, Yanhua Fairy.
As the deepest hidden antagonist in the book, she only had to reveal her true face at the very last mont. However, those scenes of her turning hostile were the hardest to act out.
Although acting these scenes would have been quite difficult for her predecessor, they posed no challenge for the current Ye Qiu.
But when Ye Qiu received the new script, she found that the plot was not as simple as she had imagined.
In the novel, it was already outrageous enough that she harbored unrequited love for her own elder brother, but how could the script turn this into her developing a Heart Demon due to jealousy over Chu Weiwei’s portrayal of Yanhua Fairy?
"This..." Ye Qiu and Chu Weiwei, who also held the new script, looked at each other in dismay.
"So, this Qionghua Fairy persecutes Yanhua Fairy out of love turned to hate?" Ye Qiu spoke incredulously to Elder Chen, the original author, and the scriptwriter, "Are you sure this won’t get rejected by the censors?"
"What are you thinking? The feelings Qionghua Fairy has for Yanhua Fairy are those of best friends, best friends, you understand?" Elder Chen mysteriously explained.
How is this any goddamn best friend relationship, when you tell to act it out like best friends?
"Uncle Chen, aren’t you afraid I can’t perform such a complex emotional scene?" Ye Qiu said with a dead fish eye.
Elder Chen, with profound implications, patted Ye Qiu’s shoulder: "Uncle Chen believes in his niece, you can perform it, or else... hmph hmph... you’ll find out."
"Find out what?" Ye Qiu’s face displayed fear.
"You’ll find out what thods Uncle Chen will use to rescue your acting, it will certainly be unforgettable."
Ye Qiu shuddered at these words, knowing that Elder Chen was not joking — he would truly tornt her if she couldn’t perform.
Well, for the sake of her own life, she better study more!
When Ye Qiu formally joined the filming crew, the variety show "Floral Years" that she and Chu Weiwei had fild together was officially aired on Fruit Channel, and this evening, as neither had filming tasks, they watched it together in the hotel.
"Why did you think about going to shoot in your hotown, running so far just for a day’s shooting, is it worth it?" Ye Qiu comnted while watching the scenes in the trailer.
"Worth it." Chu Weiwei said earnestly, "My hotown is very poor, located in a remote mountain area, the villagers live a hard life, I hope that this shooting can draw attention to it, even if so netizens go there to travel or buy local produce, it can improve the lives of the villagers."
"Aren’t you afraid that netizens will criticize you for it? Saying that you, having beco a big star and making big money, won’t even help build roads in your village."
"Not afraid, I have a clear conscience," Chu Weiwei smiled serenely, "Besides, I can’t just build roads in the mountains if I want to."
"Alright," Ye Qiu responded and then seriously returned her attention to the show.
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